The number of applicants for this year's college entrance examination was 2023.1291 million, another record high. Huai Jinpeng, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of the Ministry of Education, stressed the need to deepen the comprehensive reform. The gaokao system has the role of "pulling the whole body" in China's education system, which is why the reform will arouse the deep concern of thousands of candidates, educators, and the general public. In the process of shaping future education, the college entrance exam is playing an irreplaceable role.
Education ministry: Only 831 dropouts seen this year so far By ZOU SHUO | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-11 09:01 Share CLOSE Instructors teach pupils how to use their in-line skates on Dec 4, 2020 at Bayi Hope Center Primary School in Chengnanzhuang town, Fuping county, North China s Hebei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The number of school dropouts from China s nine-year compulsory education system had fallen to 831 by the end of November, marking a monumental 99.9 percent decrease from last year, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.
The achievement is another significant step in the nation s goal to have zero dropouts among primary and middle school students.
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Students have a class at Nanmen primary school in Hefei, east China s Anhui Province, April 26, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The number of school dropouts from China s nine-year compulsory education system had fallen to 831 by the end of November, marking a monumental 99.9 percent decrease from last year, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.
The achievement is another significant step in the nation s goal to have zero dropouts among primary and middle school students.
Last year, the dropout figure was 600,000, said Lyu Yugang, director of the ministry s department of basic education.
Meanwhile, the number of dropouts from registered impoverished families has been reduced from 200,000 last year to zero, he added.